REPRODUCTIVE AND VEGETATIVE BEHAVIOR OF 4 TABLE OLIVE CULTIVARS

Vegetative and reproductive behaviour of four table olive cultivars, ' Conservolia,' 'Manzanilla,' 'Nocellara del Belice' and 'Picholine,' re spectively native of Greece, Spain, Italy and France, were studied in Sicily (37-degrees 30' Lat.). All the cultivars proved to be self ster ile, showed very similar crop load adjustment, fruit development and s hoot growth patterns. 'Picholine' was a good pollinizer for 'Conservol ia,''Manzanilla' and 'Nocellara del Belice,' while 'Manzanilla' and 'N ocellara del Belice' behaved better as pollinizers for 'Picholine.'